Bloomberg's super PAC tally

11/7/12 11:11 PM EST

We won't know for awhile the full output of the Independence USA PAC, the Mike Bloomberg-funded group that the New York mayor unveiled a few weeks ago, but he notched some victories that his team is pointing to.

Among them were a handful of candidates who were supported by the NRA - a group Bloomberg has been vocal against - who were beat by congressional hopefuls and a state Attorney General candidate he supported.

The group spent $3.3 million alone on California Rep.-elect Gloria Negrete McLeod, who was polling low before the outside group help.

We've reported on this space before about the $500,000 Bloomberg sent to Americans Elect to support Sen.-elect Angus King. There was also spending in Connecticut and Illinois races on moderate Republican candidates, who didn't make it past election day.

But some of the biggest chunk of Bloomberg's spending this cycle was $750,000 on the four ballot initiatives related to gay marriage. Gay marriage supporters saw a clean sweep in those efforts.

A spokesman for the group, Stefan Friedman, touted the PAC's efforts, saying, "By exercising their democratic rights at the polls and voting for common-sense candidates and causes, the people took a giant step towards achieving reforms that will last a lifetime and benefit a great many.”

Bloomberg's own electoral career is going to be over in another year. But his personal fortune is going to make him relevant after he leaves office - and possibly more so, since he'll spend more freely. But the effort behind this PAC was unusual for a sitting official.